Reflecting fishing spoon



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REFLECTING FISHING s oon Filed Sept. 13, 1946 I NV EN TOR.

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Patented May 22, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE REFLECTING FISHING SPOON Charles W. Scott, Butte, Mont. Application September 13, 1946, Serial No. 696,749

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to improvements in fishing spoons, and has for an object the provision of a flat surface which causes a darting motion to be imparted the spoon as the water current actuates the spoon.

A further object is to provide in a spoon a fiat surface which throws a much brighter ray of light than the conventional spoon when traveling through the water.

A further object is to provide in a spoon a flat metal surface and a painted surface which when traveling swiftly in water gives the illusion of fluttering insects wings, the painted surface appearing like a solid rounded insect body.

These and other objects are attained by the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the rear of the spoon.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the front of the spoon.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through the spoon taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, the spoon is shown to comprise a fiat surface I which. is highly polished and preferably made of metal. The flat surface I is surrounded by a flange 3, which is integral with a plate 4, substantially triangular in shape and having outwardly flared flanges or upturned edges 2. The plate 4 is bent at a slight angle to the disc I, which is the polished surface mentioned above. The upper end or vertex of the plate 4 is provided with a hole 5 to receive the conventional harness and hooks.

The plate 4 and flange 3 are painted, and as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the upturned edge 2 is turned outward at a slight angle. This is shown also in the sectional views in Fig. 5. The rather sharp bending up of the edge 2 from the hole 5 channels the water current directly down to the flat disc I in a concentrated stream. This channeled water when striking the flat disc I will spill out at the top and bottom of the circular area defined by the flat disc and circular flange allowing the water to slip over one edge.

taken on the line 5-5 As stated above, the plate 4 is bent just back of the disc I, throwing the disc downward. This bending is essential to the action of the spoon, and to a certain point the sharper the bend the more violent will be the darting action. The principal advantage of the bend is that large spoons for trolling can be lightly bent to produce a violent darting resembling a fluttering motion.

The painted plate 4 revolves evenly giving an uninterrupted vision, while the flat disc I travels in a different arc and the light reflections strike at a different angle than the painted surface 4 producing the fluttering illusion.

While the fiat disc I has been shown as circular, it can be of other shapes, such as square, oblong, oval.

The above description is to be considered as illustrative and not limitative of the invention of which modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

The invention having been described, what is claimed is:

A fish lure comprising a plate having a fiat circular section with outwardly flared flanges extended upwardly from its outer edge, and a substantially triangular shaped section extended from an edge of the flange of the flat circular section of the plate and positioned in a plane at a slight angle to the plane of the flat plate, said triangular shaped plate being integral with the flange of the flat plate and also having outwardly flared flanges on the sides thereof and said triangular shaped plate having a line receiving opening in the vertex thereof.

CHARLES W. SCOTT.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,837,656 Crosby Dec. 22, 1931 1,854,028 Gruenhagen Apr. 12, 1932 1,871,377 Khoenle Aug. 9, 1932 2,180,918 Verzi Nov. 21, 1939 2,218,259 Finucan Oct. 15, 1940 

